Someone remind me about why we use 'transient' in the code? It has no meaning outside of java.io.Serializable, and customizing its behavior. It's not seen in non-Serializable classes. But, I remember someone commented at one point that it has meaning for the GSON serialization mechanism. True?
If so, is there a sense of which classes that affects? since I see it in classes I don't think would ever be serialized like OnlineAuc.
